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mitt romney has the anti-palin. you cannot -- well, right, but i think he can go outside washington to a tim plenty, by the way, who has run for the presidency. don't underestimate the importance of that, ready to go from day one. >> it's funny, the portman pick could look to washington and in one way and to bush. >> it's rare, almost unprecedented for a vice presidential candidate to make a decisive difference. >> well, except for last time. >> what the candidate looks for, a vice president who won't embarrass the ticket and nominee and can carry his home state. he is from ohio. >> we haven't had someone to carry his home state though -- >> one thing romney could do if he wants to get the subject away from taxes, he could announce his vice presidential choice ahead of time. that would change the subject and dynamic. i don't know that he would do that. >> we don't have it today, means we won't have it until august. when we come back, "scoops and predictions" from the notebooks of these top reporters. tell me somethi
mitt romney has the anti-palin. you cannot -- well, right, but i think he can go outside washington to a tim plenty, by the way, who has run for the presidency. don't underestimate the importance of that, ready to go from day one. >> it's funny, the portman pick could look to washington and in one way and to bush. >> it's rare, almost unprecedented for a vice presidential candidate to make a decisive difference. >> well, except for last time. >> what the candidate looks...
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at 42, he's the same age as one of mitt romney's sons. with 16 days to go to the gop convention, with 87 days to go until the election, the gop ticket is set and a new phase of this race begins now. our political team is standing by tonight, starting with nbc's peter alexander, who covers the romney campaign and has followed them to their next event in northern virginia. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate republican candidates. in the end deciding to go with a man who will help him fire up the republican base and also will help him draw a clear contrast with the president over key issues in this election, like taxes and spending. with the retired battleship "uss wisconsin" as the backdrop, mitt romney introduced as his running mate one of the biggest guns in the conservative movement, paul ryan. >> he understands the fiscal challenges facing america, our exploding deficits and crushing debt and the fiscal catastrophe that awaits us if we don't change cours
at 42, he's the same age as one of mitt romney's sons. with 16 days to go to the gop convention, with 87 days to go until the election, the gop ticket is set and a new phase of this race begins now. our political team is standing by tonight, starting with nbc's peter alexander, who covers the romney campaign and has followed them to their next event in northern virginia. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate...
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not for romney. but for the conservative movement that wants to stop romney, if they can't one of their guys to beat him in south carolina, the race is over. chris: my experience tells me that the phenomenon is always waiting around the corner. at some point, romney may make a mistake. he's not perfect. he may do something or something in his past will erupt. >> the key fact is that i'm guessing, maybe not 75% of republican voters are against him, but, you know, at least 2/3 really don't want to vote for him. they may have to because they may have no choice. chris: the meter is going to clear this up. 12 of our regulars. will republicans get more enthusiastic for romney as he gets closer to clinching it or will he get there without ever exciting republicans? eight say he gets it without enthusiastic voters. four say that enthusiasm will rise as he gets closer. andrea, you're with the eight who says this guy is going to cruise into port and no excitement. >> he's got babe buchanan now on his side. alv
not for romney. but for the conservative movement that wants to stop romney, if they can't one of their guys to beat him in south carolina, the race is over. chris: my experience tells me that the phenomenon is always waiting around the corner. at some point, romney may make a mistake. he's not perfect. he may do something or something in his past will erupt. >> the key fact is that i'm guessing, maybe not 75% of republican voters are against him, but, you know, at least 2/3 really don't...
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a couple of problems for romney. one, the tendency of voters to be hesitant about a big change right before an election. they go back to what they've got. and also this sense of there's not a whole lot of movement any direction. >> and the other thing that's happened is that early voting really has taken on a life of its own and it's no longer just election day as "the new york times" said. it's election month. so a lot of people are voting now, even before the debates have tart -- started. that's number one. number two, the debates generally tend to confirm trends that exist, rather than create entirely new ones. that's why there's so much pressure on mitt romney to do something truly dramatic because he is going against the tide of history here. >> yeah, i mean, absolutely agree with howard. there's a lot of pressure right now on mitt romney but it also comes down to just an overall theme that we keep bringing up. that he's got to somehow convince americans that he can make their life better. and right now they don
a couple of problems for romney. one, the tendency of voters to be hesitant about a big change right before an election. they go back to what they've got. and also this sense of there's not a whole lot of movement any direction. >> and the other thing that's happened is that early voting really has taken on a life of its own and it's no longer just election day as "the new york times" said. it's election month. so a lot of people are voting now, even before the debates have tart...
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i've talked to a romney adviser in the last few days who say now it's the time for romney to not just say the economy's bad and obama's done a poor job but to turn the corner and offer some real solutions to how they get the economy going again, how they actually solve the debt crisis and i think paul ryan is going to be somebody who is going to go to work on helping to frame that message. >> so we now have the duo that will step forward on stage, tampa, florida. i noted that the biggest explosion of applause that prompted a spontaneous cheer of identify usa" was the line our rights come from nature and god and not from government. that is a team paul ryan has enjoyed and returned to both in washington and on the trail. you see the two men and their families flanked by secret service now, working the rope line in front of this display, the battleship "wisconsin." before as we mentioned, they will hit the road now and sell this idea of a ticket. we wanted to let you know there will be rolling coverage all day long on nbcnews.com. while be back on the air from here in london with our sp
i've talked to a romney adviser in the last few days who say now it's the time for romney to not just say the economy's bad and obama's done a poor job but to turn the corner and offer some real solutions to how they get the economy going again, how they actually solve the debt crisis and i think paul ryan is going to be somebody who is going to go to work on helping to frame that message. >> so we now have the duo that will step forward on stage, tampa, florida. i noted that the biggest...
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twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping the mitt romney campaign. chris: -- >> both b's. i think the president didn't have much vision for the future in his campaign. tell us enough about what he wants to do in the next four years. until late in the game. mitt romney never told us who he was. chris: let's go to the other colgate right here. grade inflation taking over colgate right now? two b's for these candidates? >> well, i'll give them both c pluses, ok? and here's the reason. i think this has been one of the least satisfying, most -- >> right. >> draining and dispiriting campaigns i've ever covered. and i've covered a lot of of them. and the reason is there's no list of a driving dream from either side it doesn't seem to me. this is every bit as much of a slog and a ground war and sort of battle in which everybody -- chris: so well said. >> everybody is attacking
twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping the mitt romney campaign. chris: -- >> both b's. i think the president didn't have much vision for the future in his campaign. tell us enough about what he wants to do in the next four years. until late in the game. mitt romney never told us who he was. chris: let's go to the other colgate right here....
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the question is, which romney are voters going to get? which romney would they elect. the liberal one who ran for senate in '94, the pragmatic governor, the candidate of this year's gop primary? all politicians change positions over time. his changes raise questions over his core principles and make the details all the more troubling. would he stand-up to his own party, especially house republicans who undercut ohioan john boehner's attempts. how do you respond to that? >> look at his record. the guy created jobs. he's a job creator. we need that. jobs are the greatest moral issue when people are working, families are stronger. number two, he was governor of massachusetts. they went from deficits to surpluses from job loss to job creation. then you look at the olympics where he was a pure leader. look at his history. it tells you who he is. he's pragmatic, no question about it. he's also tough, firm and understands job creation. in terms of people not getting him, the first debate, i have never seen a debate have this much impact. the first debate gave people the chanc
the question is, which romney are voters going to get? which romney would they elect. the liberal one who ran for senate in '94, the pragmatic governor, the candidate of this year's gop primary? all politicians change positions over time. his changes raise questions over his core principles and make the details all the more troubling. would he stand-up to his own party, especially house republicans who undercut ohioan john boehner's attempts. how do you respond to that? >> look at his...
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mitt romney is never going to be as likable. he is never comfortable talking about the things that animate him as a person. the romney campaign isn't going to try to fix that problem. they're staying focused on the president's economic stewardship. they think they can within that argument. the rest melts away. chris: we're looking at the numbers that came on friday. the unemployment rate that rose. we had 69,000 new jobs. and new numbers tells the last couple months have been much worse than we thought. will the people say darn it, i may not like this guy or know him very well, i'm going to take a chance? >> i think it's possible. these numbers are so unremittingly bad there is no silver lining in the jobs reports at all. companies are afraid to hire. they're looking to europe. they're seeing contagion potentially spread from greece. chris: are we looking at another recession before the election? >> i'm not sure that's possible. that would be actually be able to be quantified before the next election. it takes time for them to b
mitt romney is never going to be as likable. he is never comfortable talking about the things that animate him as a person. the romney campaign isn't going to try to fix that problem. they're staying focused on the president's economic stewardship. they think they can within that argument. the rest melts away. chris: we're looking at the numbers that came on friday. the unemployment rate that rose. we had 69,000 new jobs. and new numbers tells the last couple months have been much worse than we...
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why am i for romney? i'm for mitt romney because i'm working with the wind in my face. this unemployment number it means the wind is stronger in my face in ohio. he will fight the budget, cut taxes, provide certainty, stream line regulations. that is what i need in ohio. >> you mention the strength in ohio. a battle ground state, unemployment numbers then and now. in ohio in the third quarter 9.8%. you see florida, nevada, colorado and virginia. look at the numbers now. you are at 7.4% in ohio. florida down. nevada, colorado and virginia. what you didn't mention and what the president would is that the auto bailout created jobs not just in that sector but in sectors that rely upon it. is there not credit for the president there? >> i'm glad the auto industry -- >> romney would not have bailed them out. >> i'm not here to debate -- >> that's a fact. you said what turned ohio around several things and you did not mention the auto bailout. >> 73,000 jobs created in the last since '11. how many direct in the auto industry? 1,800. what we have done in ohio is diversified the
why am i for romney? i'm for mitt romney because i'm working with the wind in my face. this unemployment number it means the wind is stronger in my face in ohio. he will fight the budget, cut taxes, provide certainty, stream line regulations. that is what i need in ohio. >> you mention the strength in ohio. a battle ground state, unemployment numbers then and now. in ohio in the third quarter 9.8%. you see florida, nevada, colorado and virginia. look at the numbers now. you are at 7.4% in...
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romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site. >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. nd former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. this is significant. >> this is among likely voters, david. 47%, 47%. not all tied races are equal. the president sitting at 47% if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. they want to be at 48% or 49%. sitting at 47% is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. let's go inside the numbers a little bit. the gender gap. you brought it up. among men, romney, a 10-point lead. let's go to women. this is interesting. preside
romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site. >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. nd former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the...
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you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they can't put these guys away with that kind of negative campaign. why do they think they can put obama away with it? >> that's the big question. what they've had up to now is an overwhelming financial advantage on tv. chris: air superiority, to use a phrase. >> exactly. they've come in and beat up the other guys and they've come out on top barely. they're not going to be able to do that against the president in the fall. his financial advantage goigs to be at least on par, if not overwhelming. chris: the president will play defense. he's saying we've got the economy coming back. we took
you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they...
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what you're about to see is george romney, mitt romney's father, a former auto executive, governor of michigan and presidential candidate himself, defending his own wealth and status and success in a sidewalk encounter that gets heated in chicago. >> i've been poor. i worked from the time i was 12. my parents were driven out of old mexico when i was only 5. my people were revolutionary refugees. they had to be fed by the united states government and housed by the united states government. i know what poverty is. i've been up through it. >> it's an amazing moment we discovered we had in our archives. it mentioned a story we are debuting later tonight on "rock center," the romneys of mexico, the members of the extended mitt romney family who are mexican citizens, and how they are watching all of this going on in the gop presidential race. again, that's tonight on "rock center" at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> there is more political news to report tonight. it comes from the west wing. there's been a change at the top there. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck tod
what you're about to see is george romney, mitt romney's father, a former auto executive, governor of michigan and presidential candidate himself, defending his own wealth and status and success in a sidewalk encounter that gets heated in chicago. >> i've been poor. i worked from the time i was 12. my parents were driven out of old mexico when i was only 5. my people were revolutionary refugees. they had to be fed by the united states government and housed by the united states government....
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who exactly is mitt romney? would his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run. >> it's ll about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. ed gallespie and robert gibbs. senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also, after the firestorm. she started by going after ann romney. democratic strategist hilary rosen is back, and only here, with a few more things to say. >>> also here this morning msnbc's rachel maddow. republican strategist alex castellanos. and congressman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. >>> plus, it's the morning after. a big night here in washington. the washington koerns dinner adds a little glitz. it gives the president a chance to use some comedy as a political weapon. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast, mag sif sent hilton ballroom. or what mitt romney would call a real fixe
who exactly is mitt romney? would his victory speech this week tell us about how he's going to run. >> it's ll about the economy. and we're not stupid. >> to the deciders in this election. one key group i can tell you is women. the big question is still, how will they be won over? i'm going to discuss it this morning with two campaign insiders. ed gallespie and robert gibbs. senior adviser to president obama's campaign. >>> also, after the firestorm. she started by going...
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romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the the bait with yourself. chris: here's was romney doing the same to kerry back in 2004. >> the other day i heard that the junior senator from massachusetts is thinking about putting together a balanced ticket. and he wondered whether he could pick someone with views different than his own, he selected himself to do that. chris: a shared handicap is their money an of course northeastern elitism. listen to the pot here calling the kettle black on "hardball" back in 2008 when he was being talked about for mccain's running mate. >> how many houses do you have? >> one less than john kerry. that would be four. >> come on, how many do you have? four? that means the other guy, you've got 11 between you on the ticket. >> i'm afraid i can't hear you. >> ok. that's an old reagan trick, i can't hear you. chris: here's how jon stewart wove the elitist and flip-flopping story lines together to link romney with kerry. >> mitt rom
romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the the bait with yourself. chris: here's was romney doing the same to kerry back in 2004. >> the other day i heard that the junior senator from massachusetts is thinking about putting together a balanced ticket. and he wondered whether he could pick someone with views different than his own, he selected himself to do that. chris: a shared handicap is their money an of course northeastern...
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destroy romney. this is part of what they wrote, the second aspect of the campaign to define romney is his record as ceo of bain, a firm that was responsible for both creating and eliminating jobs. obama officials intend to frame romney as the very picture of greed in the great recession, a sort of political gordon gekko. in other words, both things can be true. you can excavate his record at bain and you can also be distracting from a slow economy that you're presiding over. >> what we need to get back to talking about is how did we get out of the great depression? and what can we do to get out of where we are right now. we're kind of boxed in as a country. you know, right now, this president should be pushing forward further go talking about job creation. quite frankly romney should be forced to talk about what are one, two, three acts of creating jobs. he's not talking about it. he said look we all are suffering from 14.4% joblessness or 14.2%. but he wouldn't go further and say this is how. this
destroy romney. this is part of what they wrote, the second aspect of the campaign to define romney is his record as ceo of bain, a firm that was responsible for both creating and eliminating jobs. obama officials intend to frame romney as the very picture of greed in the great recession, a sort of political gordon gekko. in other words, both things can be true. you can excavate his record at bain and you can also be distracting from a slow economy that you're presiding over. >> what we...
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can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win south carolina. >> and if they are going to drive the out come, the social consub-tive leaders meet in texas, and they say the guy is rick santorum. but you heard speaker gingrich, who said i don't think he's going anywhere. what is the impact of their vote over the weekend? >> well the evangelical vote will be hurnlg, and a strong turnout, but you have to consider you have three people going after the evangelical vote strongly. it's hard to find a single candidate that rallies all of the christian voters in south carolina, and therefor
can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win...
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romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second look? he talks about he doesn't want to gut financial reform. >> he said that back in january. >> touting health care instead of talking about replacing it all the time? >> he is talking about replacing obama care, which is part of how he pays for his tax cuts. he cuts out all the spending put into obama care. let me go back to one example hilary used. 86% of the country favors an energy independence plan which romney is campaigning on. ohio, five counties in eastern ohio that have five billion barrels of oil. something people didn't even know a year and a h
romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second...
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and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is seen. >> character counts. what we don't know is the public's perception of romney's character is. chris: that's a great question. something besides jobs, jobs, jobs. going along with the neocon serve actives. does he have the charact tore stand up to those forces? >> i think with independence, the issue is going to be how far he moves to the right during the primary campaign and whether he can get back to the center while being lambasted and being a flip flopper. >> people really need to get to know him. we're talking about the small num
and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is...
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you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it auto industry. >> he decided not to do this. >> i don't know when the moment will come. is it after the election? chris: i don't know that attacking the other guy is going to work. >> if you were to put obama on truce, here's what i would do, it wouldn't be politically popular. the fact that he wants to cut a deal immediately following the election that would cut entitlements. chris: why doesn't he say something about the auto industry? >> the auto industry is popular in key states but not popular in other states. chris: let's get to libya. he's got to have closure. >> he's got to have closure on monday n
you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it...
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can romney extend it in the south and can santorum extend it beyond tea party, and romney is the party of the establishment, and they say what we want is somebody to focus on the jobs and the economy and listen to us. listen to me, and don't yell at me, but listen to me. >> where do you see it? >> i think romney is still the probable winner, but i think the challenge i think the challenge he has is he has to deal with the base.e,d he has to deal with those l witt extreme. but at the same time come with d broad enough vision for the r th american public after the primaries are over.over i think that's the kind of delicate balance he's not been able to strike yet. a people are more concerned about jobs and the economy than they are things like thehe blunt amendment and all. so where we bet past the rhetoric, the heated rhetoric that all oft us have engaged wil and the broader picture is goint to tell us the outcome of this election.ec >> if he wants to run as a candidate against president obama, where he can be quite formidable, it's getting through these primaries. >> i think the bigges
can romney extend it in the south and can santorum extend it beyond tea party, and romney is the party of the establishment, and they say what we want is somebody to focus on the jobs and the economy and listen to us. listen to me, and don't yell at me, but listen to me. >> where do you see it? >> i think romney is still the probable winner, but i think the challenge i think the challenge he has is he has to deal with the base.e,d he has to deal with those l witt extreme. but at the...
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it was about a rejection of mitt romney. michele bachmann, a rejection of mitt romney. newt gingrich, a rejection of mitt romney. and now newt gingrich rejection two, and it's a rejection of mitt romney. we put him out in congress in 1988 because he sold us out in spending and taxes and he went to the floor and sided with democrats in his last speech, calling us the perfectionist caucus, and he is an opportunists. here is the problem, so is mitt romney. and the republican establishment in washington gave us $5 trillion of debt during the bush era, and took the surplus and turned it into a $1.5 trillion deficit. and george bush promising to end tyranny across the globe. and the conservative movement is saying stop. and newt gingrich will not be the final choice, but we are not handing this off to mitt romney for right now. >> what newt is doing and what is great at, is playing the music and piano of resentment, we have a lot of mad people. but the reason liquor sales have doubled, is because hard whisky is going to the republican office and champagne is going to the nanc
it was about a rejection of mitt romney. michele bachmann, a rejection of mitt romney. newt gingrich, a rejection of mitt romney. and now newt gingrich rejection two, and it's a rejection of mitt romney. we put him out in congress in 1988 because he sold us out in spending and taxes and he went to the floor and sided with democrats in his last speech, calling us the perfectionist caucus, and he is an opportunists. here is the problem, so is mitt romney. and the republican establishment in...
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why was romney so defensive? why would he allow himself to be bruised so much on the campaign trail over wealth, over taxes. those are really defensiveness brought on -- defensive responses brought on by himself. he really righted that. very strong debate performances, and he went ugly. he went mean against gingrich and that paid some dividends here. but there's still, where does he go from here, among conservatives, brian. i still that's a test. how does romney use this next period to make the case and the connection to conservatives who still have a lot of doubts about him. until he can do that, newt gingrich is going to look at some of these exit poll number, he's going to look at the calendar and say i've got some room to run here, particularly the way the delegates are apportioned. >> and chuck todd, the polling folks like to say, if you add up the conservative alternatives to romney, does it exceed or equal what romney himself got tonight? >> well, it is going to about even it or maybe exceed it, we'll see.
why was romney so defensive? why would he allow himself to be bruised so much on the campaign trail over wealth, over taxes. those are really defensiveness brought on -- defensive responses brought on by himself. he really righted that. very strong debate performances, and he went ugly. he went mean against gingrich and that paid some dividends here. but there's still, where does he go from here, among conservatives, brian. i still that's a test. how does romney use this next period to make the...
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mitt romney. slight gender gap advantage for the president. he leads by eight among women. mitt romney leads by seven among men. what's interesting about the figure is it is the exact final number from the poll from 2004 with bush when he was at 48% and john kerry was at 47%. one of the reasons for the slight uptick for the president, remember we had them at 47-47 two weeks ago. look at this job approval on the handling of sandy. 68% approve. 15% disapprove. we haven't seen numbers like this for a single event for the president in his handling of an event since bin laden. >> you were talking about it looking a lot like 2004. back then, the osama bin laden tape was a late break in the campaign. now hurricane sandy will be affecting the vote. >>> earlier this morning, before he left with the president for a full day of campaigning in new hampshire, florida, ohio, and colorado, i spoke to white house senior adviser david plouffe. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you for having me, david. >>
mitt romney. slight gender gap advantage for the president. he leads by eight among women. mitt romney leads by seven among men. what's interesting about the figure is it is the exact final number from the poll from 2004 with bush when he was at 48% and john kerry was at 47%. one of the reasons for the slight uptick for the president, remember we had them at 47-47 two weeks ago. look at this job approval on the handling of sandy. 68% approve. 15% disapprove. we haven't seen numbers like this...
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she is with the romney campaign. a very graceful but short concession speech, chris, and obviously the crowd has not been sticking around too much longer after that. >> no, you can see now this ballroom is pretty much empty. seven years at mitt romney's quest for the presidency began, it ended here with the short five-minute concession speech. it really is amazing what a difference 24 hours makes. we know from all the reports inside the campaign that mitt romney came in believing that he could and would be the next president of the united states and in fact, in spite of all the predictions that his road was so much more difficult, they kept looking at what they saw as enthusiasm in those battleground states. in the end he won only one of them, north carolina. he won 24 states overall. and at the end of what was clearly a very acrimonious campaign, mitt romney called for unity. here he was last night. >> the nation was at a critical point. we can't risk partisan bickering and political partisanship. we citizens also h
she is with the romney campaign. a very graceful but short concession speech, chris, and obviously the crowd has not been sticking around too much longer after that. >> no, you can see now this ballroom is pretty much empty. seven years at mitt romney's quest for the presidency began, it ended here with the short five-minute concession speech. it really is amazing what a difference 24 hours makes. we know from all the reports inside the campaign that mitt romney came in believing that he...
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romney's home states. arizona, i can make an argument that gingrich should do fairly well there. it's a very conservative state. but his position on immigration, i think the romney people will be able to exploit it and make it a liability for him there. he could go 0 for the next 6, going into super tuesday, and that's a problem. >> meantime, doris kearns goodwin, you have the president, president obama who got into the game big. when you are president you can give the state of the union address and reach 40 million people, even if the numbers are down. here is the cover of a magazine, and it shows president obama watching the super bowl and it's gingrich and romney tackling each other. what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an
romney's home states. arizona, i can make an argument that gingrich should do fairly well there. it's a very conservative state. but his position on immigration, i think the romney people will be able to exploit it and make it a liability for him there. he could go 0 for the next 6, going into super tuesday, and that's a problem. >> meantime, doris kearns goodwin, you have the president, president obama who got into the game big. when you are president you can give the state of the union...
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first, romney's troubles. conservatives can't stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008. but conservatives are the big prize. there are many more than before. they have gone from 29% of total voters in 2000 to 34% in 2004 and 2008. look at this. they now represent 39% of the people in the polls. the bad news for mitt romney, he is getting only 17% of conservatives, one in six. at the meeting in washington this week -- >> i am convinced if we do our job, if we lead with conviction and integrity, that history will record the obama presidency as the last gasp of liberalism's great failure. >> john, this losing 3-3, saying he might lose one, then he might lose two, strike out, all three. then you see all these discussions about cultural issues where he seems out to lunch. what does he know about bishops and these socia
first, romney's troubles. conservatives can't stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008. but conservatives are the big prize. there are many more than before. they have gone from 29% of total voters in 2000 to 34% in 2004 and 2008. look at this. they now represent 39% of the people in the polls. the...
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george romney, the first romney to run for president never comes up. we live in a world where inventory jells are hugely important and they have a vote that counts in the republican party. if it's up against barack obama, maybe it's neutralized, is that what we're all saying? >> i'm not saying it shouldn't come up, no threshold for running for office. i have never lived in a government where religion is as important to political life as in this country. christianity is important. you can't run for president in this country and say you're an atheist. >> it's very recent that these religion -- >> do the nitty-gritty politics, chris, add what helped him run up his totals in nevada and in an election con committeesest test. chris: we mentioned al smith. he stepped into a photo-op that backfired. he is posing with a gaggle, a flock of cardinals and bishops there, probably forgetting the anti-catholic element would use it against him. this shot was everywhere during smith's campaign. it didn't help. it reminded us of some other unforgivable decisions to do p
george romney, the first romney to run for president never comes up. we live in a world where inventory jells are hugely important and they have a vote that counts in the republican party. if it's up against barack obama, maybe it's neutralized, is that what we're all saying? >> i'm not saying it shouldn't come up, no threshold for running for office. i have never lived in a government where religion is as important to political life as in this country. christianity is important. you...
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it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration date? >> i think so, don't you? >> the cayman islands, bermuda. >> that's one year of tax returns. democrats look at 10 years. >> the romney folks think, i get to the convention, they'll move on. >> and he really opened himself up. this is why candidates don't like taking questions in some circumstances because he had in a previous interview said, i'll go back and look and someone followed up and said, did you look and he didn't -- he gave us a number. no less than 13% and he will have to provide another full report of what he paid for 2011. they've only does the estimate so far.
it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration...
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ed gallespie, senior adviser to governor romney's campaign. let me start with the romney campaign. you are no stranger to presidenti presidential politics. former head of the party. counselor to president bush. a senior adviser to mitt romney in a new role. as you settle in, here is the obama campaign going on the offensive. i mentioned bill laden. one year later. they are using that issue against governor romney. here was the vice president on thursday. >> thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. you have to ask yourself, had governor romney been president, could he have used the same slogan in reverse? >> the argument's clear. governor romney would not have made killing bin laden a priority. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he's managed to turn it into a divisive, partisan, political attack that former defense secretary frank karluchi for president reagan called sad. john mccain calm called shamefu >> it's interesting if you cam pair it to the president you worked for
ed gallespie, senior adviser to governor romney's campaign. let me start with the romney campaign. you are no stranger to presidenti presidential politics. former head of the party. counselor to president bush. a senior adviser to mitt romney in a new role. as you settle in, here is the obama campaign going on the offensive. i mentioned bill laden. one year later. they are using that issue against governor romney. here was the vice president on thursday. >> thanks to president obama, bin...
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in it for romney and have it off the table and allow romney to have discussions on this issue isn't where he wants to be. >> it kills me we go back to square one and this could be struck down altogether and you think of the political capital wasted since the economic crisis and everything sense and the uncertainty from businesses and all that. chris: that's what people want, to go back to square one. >> it leaves us with a huge structural deficit problem that does nothing to address the source of this in the first place. chris: that's the big picture. all right. let me ask you, david, what the court is likely to do. they can't avoid the individual mandate as an issue, can they? >> the only way to avoid it is it they do a technicality and say we can't rule on it yet because it hasn't taken place and they could do that and kick it in the future. if they don't do that, then the main date is the heart of it, not the only issue but the heart of it. the people think the four liberal judges are clear yeses and they think that thomas and alito are clear no's. so then you've got roberts, you
in it for romney and have it off the table and allow romney to have discussions on this issue isn't where he wants to be. >> it kills me we go back to square one and this could be struck down altogether and you think of the political capital wasted since the economic crisis and everything sense and the uncertainty from businesses and all that. chris: that's what people want, to go back to square one. >> it leaves us with a huge structural deficit problem that does nothing to address...
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mitt romney has spoken in tampa. arguing the president has fallen well short of his goals. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> now it's the president and the democrats who counter in charlotte. the issue, taxes and spending. debt and entitlement programs like medicare, and key voting groups like women, and latinos. making the case for the white house this morning, an architect of mr. obama's first term, now the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel. also, a special discussion on the politics and strategy of the race. by showcasing ann romney and offering more personal details about himself, did romney forge a new connection with undecided voters? and how will president obama defend himself and his record this week when he takes the stage thursday night? with us, former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. nbc's tom brokaw. "new york times" columnist tom friedman. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin. and
mitt romney has spoken in tampa. arguing the president has fallen well short of his goals. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> now it's the president and the democrats who counter in charlotte. the issue, taxes and spending. debt and entitlement programs like medicare, and key voting groups like women, and latinos. making the case for the white house this morning, an architect of...
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they said romney left two people out in the street. romney was gone by then. they said they were loading up debt and dumping them. these companies have no higher default rates and starting negative not only distracts you, but also damages his personal reputation. e.j.? >> first of all, when george bush began his 2004 campaign against john kerry he began the attacks in february and march, so i don't see -- i didn't see any republicans saying the president should never attack his opponents and secondly the argument over bain is part of the substantive argument over the future of american capitalism. first, it's romney from the beginning was saying his role as a job creator at bain was the key reason why he should be president. thanks to this exchange even rush limbaugh has said no, private equity companies are not about creating jobs, but if you go back in the history it's one of the things we talk about about in my book, we argue about the nature of capitalism from the very beginning whether it's hamilton and clay arguing about manufacturing and andrew jackson
they said romney left two people out in the street. romney was gone by then. they said they were loading up debt and dumping them. these companies have no higher default rates and starting negative not only distracts you, but also damages his personal reputation. e.j.? >> first of all, when george bush began his 2004 campaign against john kerry he began the attacks in february and march, so i don't see -- i didn't see any republicans saying the president should never attack his opponents...
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all of the romney grandkids who are here again, long-time home winner in this state. mitt romney. we will take a break here, and up next, as "nightly news" continues, some of the other news of this day, including new questions tonight about nicotine patches and the like. do they and really help smokers quit as they say they do. also the fight over decency on television. are your favorite channels, your favorite shows about to get even racier? and later, two towns that winter has not forgotten. so much snow it's taking the national guard to dig them out of there. >>> we're back now from manchester, new hampshire with some of the day's other news. the u.s. mil >>> we're back now from manchester, new hampshire with some of the day's other news. the u.s. military has rescued iranians from the persian gulf again. pentagon officials who released these photos of the incident tell nbc news, the u.s. coast guard rescued six iranians today from a cargo ship that was taking on water. they were given food, water and medical attention and turned over to the iranian coast guard. in syria, a def
all of the romney grandkids who are here again, long-time home winner in this state. mitt romney. we will take a break here, and up next, as "nightly news" continues, some of the other news of this day, including new questions tonight about nicotine patches and the like. do they and really help smokers quit as they say they do. also the fight over decency on television. are your favorite channels, your favorite shows about to get even racier? and later, two towns that winter has not...
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here is a romney ad by karl rove's superp.a. c. >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. i still do, even though things have changed. it's funny, they can't find jobs to get their career started and i can't afford to retire and now we're all living together again. i supported president obama because he spoke so beautifully. obama added almost $16,000 in debt for every american. how will my kids pay that off when they can't even find jobs. chris: it's getting pretty hot right now. why are they raising it's stakes and going at it head-to-head this week so hard when we're so many weeks ahead of the election? >> the obama campaign knows that the economic news is not to be great before the election. it's mediocre. they need to attempt to disqualify romney now on the is central basis of his campaign, economic mr. fix it. if they don't and the economic news worsens for the president, then romney who is already close on the president in the polls has a structural advantage. go after romney now on a central qualification. if
here is a romney ad by karl rove's superp.a. c. >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. i still do, even though things have changed. it's funny, they can't find jobs to get their career started and i can't afford to retire and now we're all living together again. i supported president obama because he spoke so beautifully. obama added almost $16,000 in debt for every american. how will my kids pay that off when they can't even find jobs. chris: it's getting pretty hot right...
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and mitt romney deciding the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy achievements. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position, while trying to stay above the fray. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see the middle east with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread. >> reporter: but for most of the debate, the president tried to belittle his republican foe's lack of foreign policy experience. >> i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> reporter: the president mocked mr. romney's repeated attempts to agree with many of his policies. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin ladin and going after the leadership in al qaeda. >> i'm glad that you agr
and mitt romney deciding the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy achievements. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position, while trying to stay above the fray. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i...
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david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have the house sort of pulling back to the right on all sorts of issues and that's going to be complicated. >> state legislatures have made things hard for him too. the war on women issues, georgia, around the country. chris: and finally, look at hispanics. among those who would definitely made their choice, obama gets 47%. half the hispanic voters inn this country have made up their mind for obama. particularly astounding when you look at his record. he said he was for immigration and hasn't pursued it at all. he has deported more than any other president. there is enormous latino disappointment yet there is
david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have...
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chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down, i think obama is going to get re-elected. i think he also is at an advantage should things spiral out of control in the middle east because it's just true that americans don't really want to change horses in the middle of an international crisis. and obama has, republicans don't want to hear this, but obama has established himself as an effective commander in chief. chris: everything, everything we talk about, gas prices, rush limbaugh, all this crazy talk about women and the negative attitude towards women you're hearing with the republican party. all of this comes down many ways to the economy
chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down,...
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second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to hear. you know things aren't going well. you know you want to change. governor romney laid out a change, and in these debates he's been able to lay out what he's for and how it works. >> thanks. we'll be watching tomorrow night. >>> we're going to take a quick break. we're back with more, including a frompreview of what to expect tomorrow night. we'll talk about foreign policy and some of the other issues that will come up and look at the strategy and the state of the race i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to t
second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to...
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mitt romney down at 34%. tom, does this speak more to mitt romney or a bigger problem with the republican party or the political system as we know it in 2012? >> i think it's two things. i think it is the fact that in my view the republican party is no longer a conservative party. it's become a radical party on a lot of the key issues. that's number one. number two, i just came back from new zealand, okay, you have people living in the outback of australia who look at mitt romney, say, not authentic. i mean, you know this is a guy who's running against everything he's believed his whole life. and it's just so staggeringly obviously. >> one thing quickly, if you look at the gallup presidential approval numbers, only three presidents have been below 50% at this point, truman, carter, jonchs h.w. bush. only one of them won. >> the president's numbers float from the low 40s -- >> again, everybody who has won re-election since truman has been above 50%. >> it looks like it may be a vote for none of the above. >>>
mitt romney down at 34%. tom, does this speak more to mitt romney or a bigger problem with the republican party or the political system as we know it in 2012? >> i think it's two things. i think it is the fact that in my view the republican party is no longer a conservative party. it's become a radical party on a lot of the key issues. that's number one. number two, i just came back from new zealand, okay, you have people living in the outback of australia who look at mitt romney, say,...